A229530 Number of defective 3-colorings of an n X 4 0..2 array connected horizontally, diagonally and antidiagonally with exactly one mistake, and colors introduced in row-major 0..2 order.
6, 36, 361, 3064, 24344, 185808, 1379512, 10036352, 71892488, 508702512, 3563926872, 24764330720, 170893859240, 1172387842960, 8002259515128, 54379352988992, 368101566941512, 2483167144168432, 16699758317833368
Offset: 1
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Examples
Some solutions for n=4: ..0..1..0..2....0..1..0..2....0..1..2..1....0..1..0..1....0..1..0..2 ..0..1..0..1....0..2..0..1....2..1..0..1....0..2..0..2....0..2..0..1 ..0..2..0..1....0..1..0..2....2..1..0..2....1..2..1..0....0..1..2..1 ..1..1..0..2....0..1..2..1....0..1..2..1....1..2..1..0....2..1..0..1
Links
- R. H. Hardin, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..210
Crossrefs
Column 4 of A229534.
Formula
Empirical: a(n) = 14*a(n-1) - 57*a(n-2) + 56*a(n-3) - 16*a(n-4) for n>5.
Empirical g.f.: x*(6 - 48*x + 199*x^2 - 274*x^3 + 105*x^4) / (1 - 7*x + 4*x^2)^2. - Colin Barker, Sep 18 2018